Pharmacy Technician

Job responsibilities The responsibilities of a Pharmacy Technician include: Undertaking patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients. The carrying out of medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilisation of consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively. Providing of specialist expertise, where competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities. Taking a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients. Supporting initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Working with the PCN
multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return processes and reducing wastage.